...been made enough a lion of, whereas my timid nature trembles before such honours, and my vanity would be to go through life as a gentleman — as a Major...where I should have perished of ennui, — thus are we constituted. An old hook-nosed clergyman has just come into the Coffee-room, and is looking over...

...been made enough a lion of, whereas my timid nature trembles before such honours, and my vanity would be to go through life as a gentleman — as a Major...where I should have perished of ennui, — thus are we constituted. An old hook-nosed clergyman has just come into the Coffee-room, and is looking over...

...such honours, and my vanity would be to go through life as a gentleman—as a Major Pendennis—you have hit it. I believe I never do think about my public...rooms in College, where I should have perished of ennui,—thus are we constituted. An old hook-nosed clergyman has just come into the Coffee-room, and...

...been made enough a lion of, whereas my timid nature trembles before such honours, and my vanity would be to go through life as a gentleman — as a Major...where I should have perished of ennui — thus are we constituted." * * Extract from "Unpublished Letters of Thackeray."— Sent/net's Magazine, July,...

...been made enough a lion of, whereas my timid nature trembles before such honours, and my vanity would be to go through life as a gentleman — as a Major Pendennis — you have 195 hit it. I believe I never do think about my public character, and certainly didn't see the gyps,...

...been made enough a lion of, whereas my timid nature trembles before such honours, and my vanity would be to go through life as a gentleman — as a Major...in hall, as your William did, or thought he did." Perhaps he wasted too much time in this way ; and Carlyle was right enough when he surmised that the...

...than most, and Thackeray did not hide his predilection. " My vanity," he told Mrs Brookfield, " would be to go through life as a gentleman, as a Major Pendennis," and in this half-humorous confession Thackeray was perhaps nearer the truth than he thought. Like master,...

...whereas my timid nature trembles before such honours, and my vanity would be to go through life like a gentleman — as a Major Pendennis — you have...whispering in hall, as your William did, or thought he did. . . . Present my best compliment to Mrs. Fanshawe, if you see Mrs. Elliot remember me to her most kindly....

...realized the full extent of his popularity even with strangers. In a letter to Mrs. Brookfield, he says: "I believe I never do think about my public character and certainly didn't see the gyp, waiters and under-graduates whispering in Hall as your William did, or thought he did." Although...

...been made enough a lion of, whereas my timid nature trembles before such honours, and my vanity would be to go through life as a gentleman — as a Major...where I should have perished of ennui, — thus are we constituted. An old hook-nosed clergyman has just come into the Coffee-room, and is looking over...